BSc in Mechanical Engineering

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleDYNAMICS WITH LAB
Course Unit CodeAMEM208
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated5
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Formulate and solve engineering problems regarding rectilinear and Cartesian motion of particles, become familiar with Polar, cylindrical and path coordinates and solve problems in Cartesian, polar and path dynamics. Analyze and apply the motion of a projectile to various problems, recognise, apply and experimentally measure constraint and relative motion.
  2. Apply the principle of linear impulse and momentum and analyze different cases of impact. Use the principles of force and acceleration, work and energy, and impulse and momentum to formulate and solve particles’ engineering dynamic problems and experimentally measure both impulse and linear momentum.
  3. Explain the concepts of work, kinetic energy, potential energy, conservation, power and apply these concepts in order to formulate and solve engineering problems.
  4. Apply the concepts of force balance, linear momentum and angular momentum to multi-particle systems and experimentally measure the conservation of angular momentum.
  5. Explain the principle of work and energy, define relative velocities of two bodies and apply the instant centres method to solve rigid body kinematics. Formulate relative motion using rotating frames and determine the acceleration in relative motion.
  6. Describe kinematics in 3-D and apply the equations of motion in 3-D. Explain what is the moment of inertia, calculate it’s value and apply it to rigid-body kinematics.
  7. Apply Newton’s second law of motion to formulate equations of motion of one-degree-of-freedom systems and use D’Lambert’s principle and energy methods to solve vibration problems. Predict natural frequency of one-degree-of-freedom vibration systems and model stiffness and damping characteristics.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesACES103Co-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

Kinematics of particles: Rectilinear motion, Cartesian motion, Polar, cylindrical and path coordinates, Motion of a projectile, Relative motion and constraints

Kinetics of particles: Cartesian and polar dynamics, path dynamics, Linear and angular momentum, Impulse, Impact.

Energy of particles: Work, kinetic energy, Potential energy, conservation, power.

Multi-particle systems: Force balance and linear momentum, Angular momentum

Rigid-body kinematics: Work and Energy, Relative velocities. Instantaneous centers, Rotating frames, acceleration, Relative motion.

Rigid-body kinetics, Fixed-point rotation, Curvilinear motion, General motion, Momentum of planar bodies, Work/energy of planar bodies

3-D Dynamics: Kinematics, moments of inertia, Equations of motion

Vibrations: Undamped free vibration, Energy methods, Undamped forced vibration, Viscous damped free vibration, Viscous damped forced vibration

Laboratory Work: Individual or small group modeling performed with the use of common industrial packages such as Matlab. Experiments will include small component testing in the laboratory that will be validated using numerical models.

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Russell Hibbeler, Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, Prentice Hall, 12th edition, 2009.
  • Tongue, Benson H., Sheppard, Sheri D., Dynamics: Analysis and Design of Systems in Motion, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.
References
  • J. L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige, Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, John Wiley & Sons, 5th edition, 2002.
  • Anthony Bedford, Wallace T. Fowler, Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, 2001.
  • A. Biran, Moshe Breiner, Matlab for Engineers, Prentice Hall, 2002.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures for learning the theory and fundamentals in dynamics where the lecturer explains with specific examples different aspects of dynamics and solve specific problems

Weekly assignments in order to enforce the “every day” studying and prepare the students to readily attend the next class lecture

Lectures are supplemented by laboratory exercises to investigate, test, and verify the taught principles, laws and methodologies

Tutorials, where the students ask further questions on the lectures for better comprehension as well as frequent reviews  and discussions
Assessment methods and criteria
Assignments10%
Tests20%
Laboratory Work10%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionEnglish
Work placement(s)NO

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